Babies Galore
I confess that babies
are not my thing. It's not that I don't like them. How can anybody not like
newborn babies. It's just that I don't ooh and awe at the thought of little
ones whose needs are many. I prefer them when they can walk, talk and care for
themselves. Sorry! It must be some kind of guy thing.
Recently two families in our church announced
that they are expecting another child. In a congregation our size such an
announcement gets people excited especially all the moms and grandmas. Lots of
talk about when is your due date, do you want a boy or a girl, maybe even
twins. We are growing our fellowship the old fashioned way, one baby at a time.
Several days after this announcement, I received
a text from my oldest son who lives in Portland, Oregon telling me that they
are expecting a baby. Well that really got my attention. I figured that they
were a one-child family and no more grandchildren from them. Judy and I could
hardly contain ourselves. We were going to be grandparents again.
We were just recovering from that surprise when
we got a Face Time call from our daughter and her husband who live in
Nashville, Tennessee announcing that they are pregnant. We were speechless,
thinking that they were not going to have any children. Once we got over the
shock, we were elated that we were going to be grandparents twice more. It
doesn't get much better than that.
The Bible has a lot to say about children. Here
are two of my favorites: “Don't you see that children are God’s best gift? The
fruit of the womb his generous legacy? Like a warrior’s fistful of arrows are
the children of a vigorous youth. Oh, how blessed are you parents, with your
quiver full of children.” And “Old people are distinguished by grandchildren;
children take pride in their parents.”
If all goes well, we will be the proud
grandparents of six grandchildren unless, of course, someone has twins! I have
to confess I am more than excited; I am ecstatic about be a grandfather.
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